Plaza post office

I am the property manager for the Stagecoach Plaza Shopping Center in Newbury Park. There has been a lot written over the last few weeks about the closing of the post office in the center, and I felt the public should hear from us.

Last August, we sent an email to the Post Service in an attempt to start a dialog with the intention of doing whatever it took to keep the post office in Stagecoach Plaza. In this first communication dated Aug. 29, we offered a rent reduction and/or downsizing into a smaller space.

The return email dated Oct. 2, said, "I just checked and was told that the plan was to close this post office and move retail to another location in the area USPS owns in the area."

We have had very little communication with the post office and did not even learn about the plan to close the Newbury Park location until we read it in the newspaper.

I attended the public meeting and listened to the well-documented public opinion. I have received phone calls from local residents asking if we are working with the post office. I have met with and discussed the USPS move with our other tenants and learned they will all be hurt in various degrees by this move, with the obvious exception of The UPS Store.

With the information gathered during the public meeting and published in the local papers over the last several months, it is obvious the planned move will have adverse affects on the community.

On behalf of the Stagecoach Plaza Shopping Center I would like to inform the public that our offer to relocate the USPS into a smaller/much more affordable space in the center is still on the table.